That's cruel and not a chore but punishment! They would have to (Shield TV) go to the series of recordings...scroll all the way down...mark the last episode as 'protected' ... back out...go back in...delete all. confirm yes... select episode...mark it unprotected...on to the next series.

For me, storage space isn't the problem - autodelete could manage that. The problem with having 50+ saved episodes of "Today" show, for example, is that I have to scroll all the way to the bottom, through all the old episodes, just to get the most current episode. If the interface put the most current episode at the top, I'd have no need to set episode limits.

Just got a refurbished 4 tuner, I know I can’t return it, but lack of this feature and the slowness of implementation on the web interface even though this had been in the “firmware” for quite some time gives me pause. I will likely not be buying a subscription as I doubt the future of this product.

There's a firmware in beta that, according to Tablo, will have some new features. This is a feature that Tablo reps have stated they are looking into. Perhaps you should wait to see what new features will be in the firmware before giving up on it. In the year and a half I've had my Tablo, there have been a number of new features that have made the Tablo better and better.

The user doesn't seem to be anywhere near the end of a 30-day return window. The feature wasn't there when the tablo unit was purchased. Yet insists that this feature appear or they will return the unit.

Where is this in the roadmap? I would LOVE the Tablo with it but will probably return it before my 30 days are up if this basic functionality is not going to at least be on the web app soon.

If you would like to get an advanced view on anything new you could sign up for the firmware and client betas. Any new features are released in those first. Of course anyone in those betas is not allowed to talk about them.